Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Medes’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Medes’ occurs 16 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Medes’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 17:6 And in the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of the Assyrians captured Samaria, and he carried away Israel to Assyria. And he stationed them in Halah and in Habor, beside the river of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.2 Kings 17:6
2 Kings 18:11 And the king of the Assyrians took away Israel into Assyria. And he located them in Halah and in Habor, at the rivers of Gozan, in the cities of the Medes.2 Kings 18:11
Number of the word / term Medes in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Medes’ in the book Esther
Esther 1:3 And so, in the third year of his reign, he made a great feast for all the leaders and his servants, for the most powerful among the Persians and the distinguished among the Medes, and for the rulers of the provinces before him,Esther 1:3
Esther 1:14 (but first and foremost were Carshena, and Shethar, and Admatha, and Tarshish, and Meres, and Marsena, and Memucan, seven rulers of the Persians as well as the Medes, who saw the face of the king and who were accustomed to sitting down first after him,)Esther 1:14
Esther 1:18 And so, by this example all the wives of the leaders of the Persians and the Medes will belittle the authority of their husbands; therefore, the indignation of the king is just.Esther 1:18
Esther 1:19 If it pleases you, let an edict be sent out from your presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and the Medes, which it is forbidden to disregard, that Vashti shall no longer enter before the king, but let another, who is better than her, receive her queenship.Esther 1:19
Esther 10:2 And his strength and his authority, and the dignity and supremacy with which he exalted Mordecai, have been written in the books of the Medes and the Persians,Esther 10:2
Number of the word / term Medes in Esther: 5
Bible passages with ‘Medes’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them. They will not seek silver, nor desire gold.Isaiah 13:17
Number of the word / term Medes in Isaiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Medes’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 51:11 Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers. The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. And his mind is against Babylon, so that he may destroy her. For this is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.Jeremiah 51:11
Number of the word / term Medes in Jeremiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Medes’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 5:28 PHARES: your kingdom has been divided and has been given to the Medes and the Persians.Daniel 5:28
Daniel 6:8 Now, therefore, O king, confirm this judgment and write the decree, so that what is established by the Medes and Persians may not be altered, nor will any man be allowed to transgress it.”Daniel 6:8
Daniel 6:12 And they approached and spoke to the king about the edict. “O king, did you not decree that every man who makes a request to any of the gods or men for thirty days, except to yourself, O king, would be cast into the den of lions?” To which the king replied, saying, “The sentence is true, and according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, it is not lawful to violate it.”Daniel 6:12
Daniel 6:15 But these men, knowing the king, said to him, “You know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that every decree which the king has established may not be altered.”Daniel 6:15
Daniel 8:20 The ram, which you saw to have horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.Daniel 8:20
Daniel 9:1 In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who ruled over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,Daniel 9:1
Number of the word / term Medes in Daniel: 6
Bible passages with ‘Medes’ in the book Acts
Acts 2:9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,Acts 2:9
Number of the word / term ‘Medes’ in Acts: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 16
